Just because I write in the first person doesn't mean that…

Some of songs are autobiographical and some of it is more telling a story from someone else's perspective. It's healthy for me to do…

— Jonathan Jackson

I love songs that are very autobiographical.

— Alanis Morissette

All of my songs are autobiographical.

— Taylor Swift

I wouldn't say that my songs are autobiographical.

— George Harrison

I try to write in the first person - the first person not of a journalist but of a carnivore, an eater, a gardener,…

— Michael Pollan

I write in the first person because I have always wanted to make my life more interesting than it was.

— Diane Wakoski

I find it hard to write in the first person.

— Michiko Kakutani

I almost always urge people to write in the first person. ... Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.

— William Zinsser

I always find something in common with my protagonist, particularly when I write in the first person.

— Emily Giffin

I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.

— Wally Lamb

I mean, whose songs don't focus on tragedy and loss?

— Lucinda Williams

As long as songs are about something, it doesn't matter. When songs are just rhymes, and they don't mean anything, I'm not into that.…

— Matty Healy

You know, I think so much about relatability when it comes to songwriting, and this experience of being in the limelight isn't necessarily everyone's…

— Laufey

A lot of times people ask about Sparks songs: are they autobiographical in a way? And we don't think so much that they are;…

— Russell Mael

“It's the best kind of devastating there is. He took his pain and he turned it into something beautiful. Into something that people connect…

— Hannah Harrington